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The Blog of Innocence

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The Blog of Innocence is a chronicle of essays and meditations on social technology, science, writing, art, and life. I'm an essayist, novelist, and occasional poet.

Added on: Aug 31st, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Chris
Listed in: Non-Fiction Philosophy
Tags: philosophy essays novelist meditations social technology art and life

Recent Posts

British Illustration: Late 1970, Early 1980

Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 16:28 in illustration, vintage, 1980, 1970, vintage illustration, british illustration

Images from Best British Illustration '80 ...
What is Character?

Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 01:25 in black and white, muhammad ali, mike tyson, robert downey jr., james toback

James Toback has just given us an incredible documentary on Mike Tyson, the youngest Heavyweight Champion to ever win the World Title. My fascination with Toback's other films, such as Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White, eventually grew into a f...
The Story of the Stone

Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 07:13 in literature, book reviews, cao xueqin, "the story of the stone"

2. The Story of the Stone, by Cao XueqinAlso known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, this five volume work combines a Buddhist and Taoist cosmology and an 18th century aristocratic family saga in China. At the center of the story is Bao-yu, a precocio...
The Man Without Qualities

Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 14:12 in literature, man without qualities, robert musil

1. The Man Without Qualities, by Robert MusilThis book expanded my understanding of what a novel can do. As a writer, there has been no greater influence.I've read it three times from beginning to end, and I return to passages regularly. The Man With...
25 Profound Works of Literary Genius

Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 19:57 in literature, robert musil, literary genius, profound works

I'm about to embark on a series of posts that introduce 25 Profound Works of Literary Genius. Originally, I planned to provide readers with an enormous list all at once; and I had 50 works on the list instead of 25! As I started to think more deeply ...
Mother of Pearl

Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 16:36 in salvador dali, bryan ferry, mother of pearl, man ray

Man Ray (Emmanual Radnitzky) (American, 1890-1976), Nancy Cunard, 1928If you're looking for love in a looking glass world, it's pretty hard to find. --Bryan FerryI've fallen in love with an older woman. I can't tell you much more than that.There is a...